U.S. President Donald Trump is railing against Jimmy Kimmel again after the late-night host roasted him on Tuesday over theongoing Epstein files saga.
On Wednesday night, Trump officially signed a bill calling on the Justice Department to finally release the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. However, the president has been growing increasingly frustrated with questions about the subject, even saying "quiet, piggy" to a female reporter on Air Force One last week when she asked about recently released emails from Epstein that mentioned him.
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"Trump is not a happy little meal right now. Every time he gets asked about Jeffrey Epstein, he loses his mind," Kimmel quipped in his monologue on Tuesday.
Trumpfired back on Truth Sociallate Wednesday night, calling on ABC to pull him off the air. "Why does ABC Fake News keep Jimmy Kimmel, a man with NO TALENT and VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS, on the air?" the president wrote. "Why do the TV Syndicates put up with it? Also, totally biased coverage. Get the bum off the air!!!"
ABC previously suspended Kimmel for nearly a week in September over his on-air comments following the killing of Charlie Kirk. The broadcaster faced pressure from the FCC after chairman Brendan Carr suggested on a podcast that the commission could pull the license of broadcasters who don't "serve the public interest." Media groups Nexstar and Sinclair soon announced they would not air "Jimmy Kimmel Live" due to his comments about Kirk, and ABC quickly followed suit.
AsVarietypreviously reported, Kimmel earned record ratings when he returned to ABC following his suspension. With 6.3 million viewers, it was the most watched regular episode in Kimmel's history.
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